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Lagarde | |
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 The church in Lagarde | |
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 Location of Lagarde | |
  Lagarde  Lagarde | |
| Coordinates:43°03′01″N1°56′05″E / 43.0503°N 1.9347°E /43.0503; 1.9347 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Ariège |
| Arrondissement | Pamiers |
| Canton | Mirepoix |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Mirepoix |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Christian Chaubet[1] |
Area 1 | 11.93 km2 (4.61 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 217 |
| • Density | 18.2/km2 (47.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 09150 /09500 |
| Elevation | 316–543 m (1,037–1,781 ft) (avg. 327 m or 1,073 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Lagarde (French pronunciation:[laɡaʁd];Occitan:La Garda) is acommune in theAriègedepartment in southwestern France.
On 25 May 1969, the commune of Lagarde was struck by anF3tornado. It destroyed nearby hamlets and transportation in the village and the surrounding area. A few hours later in the department ofAude the tornado devastated the village ofLeuc. Such a wave of powerful tornadoes is rare in France.
TheChâteau de Lagarde is an imposing medieval building constructed in the 11th century with the first square tower (1063–1065) byRamiro I, King ofAragon andCount of Barcelona. Between the 1176 and 1180 the chateau developed with 4 square towers and with a rectangular entry with a door made out of wood, adrawbridge and ditch at the foot of the walls.
In the middle of the beautiful paved yard is a well which is 62 meters depth and 2 meters in diameter cut with stone 1.20 metres thick.Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester allotted the village of Lagarde and its castle toGuy I of Lévis, lieutenant of his army, in 1212. This was conducted after Simon de Montfort convened atPamiers in a general meeting of nobles, prelates and noted middle-class men, where they drew up a 46 article administration doctrine of the place. It was ratified by theTreaty of Paris and signed on 12 April 1229 on the square of Notre-Dame.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1962 | 165 | — |
| 1968 | 213 | +29.1% |
| 1975 | 185 | −13.1% |
| 1982 | 177 | −4.3% |
| 1990 | 172 | −2.8% |
| 1999 | 194 | +12.8% |
| 2008 | 180 | −7.2% |
